Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...
Some extremophiles are beyond extreme, thriving in conditions that would wipe out most life-forms. Piezophiles are organisms that prefer high-pressure conditions and have adapted their metabolisms ...
A little known group of microbes is quietly moving into the same places we swim, irrigate crops, and turn on the tap. In a new perspective in the journal Biocontaminant, a team led by Longfei Shu ...
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As mice age, changes in the microorganisms in their guts contribute to cognitive decline by altering signalling between the gut and brain. A series of studies in humans and with animal models have ...
SINGAPORE – A rule in storytelling is to write what you know, so Tan Siyou chose to make her first feature film based on what she knew: life as a teenage misfit. The United States-based Singaporean ...
It’s a single-celled parasite that can enter your body without you realizing it. Then this microscopic beast works its way to your brain, settles in and starts eating until it leaves you comatose. If ...
PHOENIX — It seemed like a headache — nothing more. But when painkillers and a trip to an emergency room didn't fix Aaron Evans, the 14-year-old asked his father if he was going to die. "No, no," ...